Safe Option

Analysis

Safe Option is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Safe Option reported income of $125k and spending of $124k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $117k to $125k (+7.2%), an average of +7.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Safe Option sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eagle Groves Concerned Inc ($125k), Apartment Angel Inc ($125k) and Harvest for the Hungry Food Pantry Inc ($125k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $9,464 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $9,464.